Gustav jaeger



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G. JAEG'ERx Combined Shirt and Drawers. No. 236,595. Patented Jan. 11, i881! iWCwwwa gzwww NFEIERS PHOTO-UTHOGRAPHEIL WASHINGTON. D c.

Nrrn STATES GUSTAV JAEGER, OF STUTTGART, WURTEMBERG, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND WIIIHELII BENGER, SCENE, OF SAME PLACE.

COMBINED SHIRT AND DRAWERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 236,595, dated January 11, 1881.

Application filed October 26,1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GUSTAV JAEGER, acitizen of the German Empire, residing at Stuttgart, in the Kingdom of \Vurtemberg, and German Empire, have invented new and useful Improvements in Shirt and Drawers Oombined, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a shirt and drawers combined, which forms part of my new system of apparel known by the term Normal Kleidung, and based chiefly on the discovery that by using for all the articles composing the apparel of a person nothing but wool or textile fabrics made of pure wool the health of such person is materially improved.

My invention consists in the combination, with a shirt-body having an opening in front, of drawers or legs and of flaps which overlap each other in front and are fastened by two rows of buttons, so that when said flaps are opened the article can be readily put on or taken oft, and when the article is put on and the flaps are closed and fastened by means of said buttons the chest and belly are protected by a double layer, which I have found to be one of the most essential requirements for the health of the person using my new system of apparel.

This invention is illustrated in the accompa nying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a front view. Fig. 2 is a transverse section in the plane a; 00, Fig. l.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, the letterA designates the shirt or body, to which are woven the drawers or legs F. In order that the apparel can be readily put on and taken off it is provided with flaps O G, which are fastened with two rows of buttons, (t a. The object of having two flaps, G G, as shown, is that when said flaps are closed the front of the body or the chest and belly are protected by a double layer of clothing, which I have found to be necessary for the health of the wearer.

In order to secure a thorough circulation of the blood it is also necessary that there should be no opening along the center portion of the front of the body to prevent any communication with the outer air. The clothing should also fit closely to the body, in order to prevent an escape of the warm air out of the clothing at the top and a flow of cold outside air from the bottom to replace the warm air which has escaped. These requirements are all met by my abovedescribed apparel, which is also made entirely of wool or textile fabrics made of pure wool, which I have found to materially improve the health of the wearer.

I am aware that it is not new to combine a shirt and drawers, and I do not claim such as my invention.

I do not claim combined shirt and drawers opening vertically in front and horizontally in the rear across the middle of the back, the said shirt being continuous with the drawers in front, and made adjustable in the rear by two or more rows of fastening devices, as such is not my invention.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. An improved article of manufacture consisting of the combined shirt and drawers, composed of the legs F and the body portion A, formed at its open front with two extended flaps, O 0, one flap overlapping the other and connected with the body and constituting a duplex bosom portion, said leg and body portion being connected or woven together to avoid openings at the center portion of the body, all substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The within-described shirt and drawers, consisting of the legs F, the body A, and two extended flaps, G 0, the whole being woven or connected together to avoid openings at the center portion of the body, and both of said extended flaps O 0 being provided with means for fastening their marginal edges to the body of the shirt, one flap overlapping the other and constituting a duplex bosom portion, all substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

Pnor. Dn. GUSTAV JAEGER. [n s] Witnesses:

Prof. Dr. A. WINTTERLIN, R. M. JACKSON. 

